"School days, school days, dear old golden rule days,
readin' and
writin' and 'rithmetic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick,
you were
my queen in calico, I was your bashful barefoot beau
when you wrote on
my slate, 'I love you so'
when we were a couple of kids.."
This coming Monday evening, September 8th at 7 PM, the Historical
Society of Hamilton Township continues to bring fascinating local
history to our area. We will be presenting another fascinating on screen
presentation to the public. We will take a nostalgic and educational
journey back to those long ago years and take a look at the old one room
school houses and also project on the library's huge movie screen some
fascinating articles and photos of the vintage years of schools that
have survived the years and still educating our current generation. For
me, and many other romanticists, there is a certain charm and
fascination as we see the way our grandparent and great grandparents
were educated. It was the era when a strict school teacher knew how to
control any errant students; an era of pot bellied wood burning stoves,
and hand held slates for taking notes; it was the year of chalk, black
slate blackboards, and felt blackboard erasers, of straight pens and ink
wells. Be sure not to miss this fascinating presentation. As noted in
the above ad, admission is free to any area resident within traveling
distance of the library. Our meetings usually end before 9 P.M.
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